Netgear ReadyNAS 102 User Manual

used when you backed up the data. The recovery source is the backup destination and the 
recovery destination is the backup source.

A secure cloud backup lets you use online backup and recovery tools, such as ReadyNAS 

Vault, to save data over the Internet to a remote location and restore the data, if needed. For 
more information about backing up your data using ReadyNAS Vault, see 

266.

When you back up data to a remote destination or recover it from a remote source, data is 
transferred over a network using file-sharing protocols. 

You can select which protocol you want to use for the job. The options that are available to 
you depend on how your ReadyNAS system is configured. Backup protocols are described in 
the following table.

Windows/NAS (Timestamp) Source or destination is a share on a Windows computer. 

Incremental backups with this protocol use time stamps to determine whether files 
should be backed up. 

Windows (Archive Bit)

Source or destination is a share on a Windows computer. 

Incremental backups with this protocol use the archive bit of files, similar to 
Windows, to determine whether they should be backed up.

FTP

Source or destination is an FTP site or a path from that site.

NFS

Source or destination is on a Linux or UNIX device accessed using NFS. 

Mac OS X users can also use this option by setting up an NFS share from the 
console terminal.

Rsync server

Source or destination is accessed using an Rsync server.

Rsync was originally available for Linux and other UNIX-based operating systems, 
but is also popular under Windows and Mac for its efficient use of incremental file 
transfers. Using Rsync is the preferred backup method when backing up from one 
ReadyNAS device to another.

Rsync over Remote SSH

Source or destination is accessed using an Rsync server.

Rsync data transfers to go through a secure, encrypted SSH tunnel. NETGEAR 
recommends using remote SSH when backups are being transferred over the 
Internet.